New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CORONERS ACT 1980 - SECT 23D

23D Order establishing coronial investigation scene

(1) If a coroner considers that an investigation should, for the purposes of an inquest or inquiry, be carried out at a particular place, a coroner may issue an order in writing or by telephone to a police officer or other person to:

(a) establish a coronial investigation scene at a specified place, and

(b) exercise coronial investigation scene powers in accordance with this Division, and

(c) enter and stay on the place for those purposes.

(2) An order may be made:

(a) before the commencement, or

(b) after the commencement and before the completion,

of an inquest or inquiry.

(3) This Division applies to a place of any kind, whether or not a public place.

(4) An order issued under this section authorises a police officer or other person specified in the order to enter any place referred to in that order.

(5) A person acting under the authority of an order issued under this section may, for the purposes of exercising coronial investigation scene powers, obtain the assistance of any other person.

(6) A copy of a telephone order is to be provided to the police officer or other person to whom it is issued.

(7) In this section:
"telephone" means radio, facsimile or any other communication device.